Education Advocates Rally Outside House Chamber
A loud group of parents, teachers and education advocates rallied outside the House chamber in the Texas Capitol to protest a state budget that will cut $4 billion from education.
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A loud group of parents, teachers and education advocates rallied outside the House chamber in the Texas Capitol to protest a state budget that will cut $4 billion from education.
It appears Dallas Superintendent Michael Hinojosa will soon be leaving the top spot at DISD. On Thursday he was named the lone finalist for the Cobb County School District Superintendent job in Georgia.
Earlier this week a Kennedale High School teacher was arrested and now two more North Texas teachers have been arrested for having sex with their students.
Thursday morning officials with the Fort Worth Independent School District announced that Superintendent Melody Johnson is resigning from the District Board of Education.
It's getting harder to find white potatoes in your child's school cafeteria these days. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reducing the amount that can be served and changing other nutrition guidelines.
Frisco ISD announced Wednesday that it would dispense with finals for its more than 37,000 students -- especially at its four high schools.
A North Texas teenager remembers his life as a gang member. Now the 18-year-old is president of his senior class at Evolution Academy Charter School, about to receive his high school diploma and hopes to go to SMU.
While lottery sales and prize payouts have increased since 1998, money from the Texas Lottery given to public schools decreased from about $1.2 billion to the $1 billion they received last year.
Texas lawmakers have reached a compromise on almost all parts of the state budget, leaving the biggest chunk of spending left to be solved.
A Kennedale High School teacher turned herself in to Arlington police Monday morning, after allegations were made that she'd had inappropriate relationships with several students.
Farmers Branch voters overwhelmingly said they do not want to start their own school district. Two-thirds of the voters turned down the referendum, backed by their outgoing mayor.
Smile, Texas schoolchildren. You're on calorie camera. That's the idea behind a $2 million project being unveiled Wednesday in the lunchroom of a Texas elementary school.
The Campbell ISD has hired an independent auditor to research credit statements that show thousands of dollars in questionable expenses charged to a former superintendent's district-supplied credit card.
Six children were taken to the hospital after a Fort Worth Independent School District bus was involved in a crash with a car.
The projected steep state budget cuts will force Frisco elementary school and middle school students to start classes earlier next fall.